Subject: Re: Please Help with G4 install
From: Sean Hogston (it.clt@s1.com)
Date: Thu Feb 03 2000 - 09:41:11 MST
I tried the no videodriver option and still no luck.
It just goes to the console like it is going to boot and sits there.
Sean
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>From: andu <undo@cloud9.net>
>To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Subject: Re: Please Help with G4 install
>Date: Tue, Feb 1, 2000, 18:03
>
>>Ok, I might be stupid but I cant get this thing to work.
>>
>>1st this is my first mac so some of the terms are still new to me.
>>I have done alot of Linux install on x86 and can just about do them in my
>>sleep. I trid to load YDL on my new G4 using a second drive but it dosnt
>>seem to work.
>>
>>I copied the extension files as described ( the updated ones from the
>>website )
>>then i copied the kernal and ramdisk images also.
>>I launch bootx and it comes up, I tell it to load linux and it seems to
>>shutdown macos the goes to a black screen that has some stuff about memory
>>and frame buffer the says "booting..." and that is where it stops. I let it
>>sit there for a while but nothing happened.
>>
>>Here is my machine config...
>>G4 450mhz (AGP)
>>27g ata with mac os9
>>10g ata for linux
>>256meg RAM
>>ATI Rage 128 16meg
>>DVD RAM Drive
>>Built in Zip
>>No other addon cards
>>
>>
>>
>>If anyone can help I would really appreciate it.
>>Sean
>>
> Make sure you check the "no video driver" button in bootX.
>
> Regards, Andu
>
>
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